Connector having a moving plate

Abstract

A connector comprises a housing, a plurality of contacts, a slide plate, and a moving plate. The contacts are configured to make contact with a plurality of contact pads of a mating connector. The slide plate has a cam face composed of a pattern of projections and recesses and expanding in a direction intersecting with the mating direction. The moving plate expands in an overlapping manner with the slide plate and receives an action of the cam face caused by the sliding of the slide plate. The moving plate moves toward the mating connector and pushes the contacts onto the contact pads of the mating connector.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A connector comprising:
 a housing configured to be mated with a mating connector having a plurality of contact pads, the plurality of contact pads arranged on a mating face and expanding in a direction intersecting with a mating direction in a two-dimensional fashion; 
 a plurality of contacts arranged in a two-dimensional fashion and configured to make contact with the plurality of contact pads of the mating connector, respectively; 
 a slide plate having a cam face composed of a pattern of projections and recesses and expanding in a direction intersecting with the mating direction, and slid in a lateral direction intersecting with the mating direction according to a driving operation; and 
 a moving plate expanding in an overlapping manner with the slide plate, receiving an action of the cam face caused by the sliding of the slide plate according to the driving operation to move toward the mating connector and pushing the plurality of contacts onto the plurality of contact pads of the mating connector. 
 
     
     
       2. The connector according to  claim 1 , further comprising a lock plate sliding in a lateral direction intersecting with the mating direction to fix a mating position of the mating connector to the housing according to the driving operation. 
     
     
       3. The connector according to  claim 2 , further comprising a cam member having a first cam portion sliding the lock plate to lock the mating connector according to the driving operation and a second cam portion sliding the slide plate to move the moving plate according to the driving operation and push the plurality of contacts onto the plurality of contact pads of the mating connector after locking of the mating connector performed by the lock plate. 
     
     
       4. A connector assembly, comprising:
 a first connector comprising a first housing having a mating face comprised of a plurality of connection pads arranged in a two-dimensional fashion and extending in a direction intersecting with a mating direction; and 
 a second connector having
 a second housing including a mating face configured to mate with the mating face of the first connector, 
 a plurality of contacts arranged in a two-dimensional fashion to be mated with the mating face of the first connector, the plurality of contacts of the second connector brought into contact with the connection pads of the first connector with a driving force of a rotational operation of a lever on a first cam and a second cam, 
 a slide plate having a cam face composed of a pattern of projections and recesses and extending in a direction intersecting with the mating direction, the slide plate slid in a lateral direction intersecting with the mating direction according to the rotational operation of the lever, and 
 a moving plate overlapping the slide plate and receiving an action of the cam face caused by the sliding of the slide plate according to the rotational operation of the lever, the moving plate moving toward the first connector and pushing the plurality of contacts onto the plurality of connection pads. 
 
 
     
     
       5. The connector assembly according to  claim 4 , wherein the second connector further comprises a lock plate sliding in a lateral direction intersecting with the mating direction to fix a mating position of the first connector to the second housing according to the rotational operation. 
     
     
       6. The connector assembly according to  claim 5 , wherein the first cam slides the lock plate to lock the first connector according to the rotational operation and the second cam slides the slide plate to move the moving plate according to the rotational operation and push the plurality of contacts onto the plurality of contact pads of the first connector after locking of the first connector performed by the lock plate.